Reflection On Fahrenheit 451

I bet it would be really nice to have all your favorite devices and their features in one simple gadget. It would also be very beneficial if it could actually fit in the palm of your hand. Now if only everyone had one , then we’d all be more in sync and closer than ever before, right? These where my exact thoughts , minus the collegiate level vocabulary, when I was in my early teenage years which were in the late 90’s. Now don’t get me wrong, the telephone, Nikon camera and Sony Walkman weren’t necessities in those days but it was enough to only own one of these items, depending on what your lifestyle was. If you were into break dancing, hip hop or DJ’ing , then the walkman and some headphones would do it for you. Would you really need a
We’re obsessed with being connected to one another, but don’t want to be around each other, just look at social media. We do less with more meaning that we’re less active and have everything at the push of a button. In Fahrenheit 451, books were being outlawed because the material within them was too “complex,” and so it offended those who did not understand it, which happened to be the majority. We are living in a world were political correctness is at an all time high and if something offends you, you can simply drown in out with your headphones. This is the same reason the books were outlawed in Fahrenheit 451. Friends in the story also seemed to be connected to each other some sort of digital wall or giant screen. What’s more of a digital wall to connect with your friends than facebook? What about those machines that he wrote about , the ones where you can get a user’s financial information 24 hours a day? We have 24 hour automated teller machines. There is one thing the Bradbury didn’t get completely right , books are still legal, unfortunately not as viable in todays
Today in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM-5), which is the diagnostic “bible” of the American Psychiatric Association, currently only recognizes one behavioral addiction which is compulsive gambling, while all others are regarded as impulses or strong urges. In a recent study, the symptomatology of substance abuse, compulsive gambling, and problematic cell phone use were compared to display that problematic cell phone use falls under the same guidelines for diagnosing substance abuse and compulsive gambling (Gutiérrez et al.2016). In one criteria, they took into account the dangers of use; cell phones were used in dangerous situations such as driving. Similarly, drug use in itself is dangerous. In compulsive gambling, individuals will turn to loans when faced by economic troubles due to gambling. Another comorbidity between the three falls under the continuing of negative behavior despite negative effects and/or consequences to cell phone use. Drug abusers will continue to abuse substances despite their psychological and physical harm. With gamblers, it's as simple as to keep gambling regardless of losses. In excessive cellphone use and drug abuse, tolerance builds. In gabling, there is a progressive need to increase the amount of money gambling in order to satisfy the same